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Nerdette
Nerdette was a weekly talk podcast produced and distributed by WBEZ/Chicago Public Media. It was cancelled in 2024. It was created in 2013 by Tricia Bobeda and Greta Johnsen, and is now hosted by Johnsen. It is an interview show featuring conversations with journalists, advice columnists, authors, astronauts, and more. Previous guests include Tom Hanks, Bill Nye, George R.R. Martin, Margaret Atwood, Roxane Gay, and Lizzo. An offshoot podcast, Nerdette Recaps with Peter Sagal, includes Bobeda, Johnsen, and Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! host Sagal discussing shows like Game of Thrones (2016-2020) and His Dark Materials (2019), and a handful of movies from the 1990s (2020).
Article summary
Nerdette was a weekly talk podcast produced and distributed by WBEZ/Chicago Public Media. It was cancelled in 2024. It was created in 2013 by Tricia Bobeda and Greta Johnsen, and is now hosted by Johnsen. It is an interview show featuring conversations with journalists, advice columnists, authors, astronauts, and more. Previous guests include Tom Hanks, Bill Nye, George R.R. Martin, Margaret Atwood, Roxane Gay, and Lizzo. An offshoot podcast, Nerdette Recaps with Peter Sagal, includes Bobeda, Johnsen, and Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! host Sagal discussing shows like Game of Thrones (2016-2020) and His Dark Materials (2019), and a handful of movies from the 1990s (2020).
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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